About Health Networks

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» Guiding principles

A Health Network is a group of interested people and organisations including health professionals, consumers, carer, policy makers and others, coming together to discuss, debate, plan and develop health policy and services across WA.

Health Networks in WA resulted from a recommendation by the Health Reform Implementation Taskforce to enable “a new focus across all clinical disciplines toward prevention of illness and injury and maintenance of health".

The major functions of Health Networks are:

• Planning of services based upon community needs
• Developing innovative healthcare policy
• Setting meaningful targets and monitoring patient outcomes
• Promoting efficiency, effectiveness and safety
• Providing opportunities to develop skills and knowledge, and fostering leadership
• Helping to set priorities across WA Health.